Charles Macklin Quotes
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My lord, lawyers are a dangerous species of animals till ha'e any dependence upon--they are always starting punctilios and deeficulties among friends. Why, my dear lord, it is their interest that aw mankind should be at variance; for disagreement is the vary manure wi' which they enrich and fatten the land of leetigation; and as they find that constantly produces the best crop, depend upon it they will always be sure till lay it on ass thick ass they can.
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The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science, that smiles in yer face while it picks yer pocket; and the glorious uncertainty of it is of mair use to the professors than the justice of it.
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Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.
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The instinct of interest is the universal instinct of mankind.
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You are as welcome as the flowers in May.
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The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science.
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Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
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